Meijer employee Sierra Taylor of Austintown checks the inventory of apples at the new Meijer store in Boardman.by R. Michael Semple
BOARDMAN When Meijer announced it was coming to Boardman in 2018, the big-box chain store aimed to hire about 250 employees upon its grand opening.
Fast forward to present-day, and the company has hired more than 320 employees ahead of its 6 a.m. Thursday opening.
“We saw a lot of good, talented individuals” during the hiring process, said Dessie Szklany, store director.
Meijer invested about $20 million into a 159,000-square-foot store.
In the months leading up to the store’s opening, the Mahoning Valley has been buzzing with curiosity.
POLAND Twin 25-year-old brothers Max and Zac Prizant kicked off the start of their journey in handcuffs.
Starting in San Fransisco on the Golden Gate Bridge, Zac said the brothers who grew up in Poland were placed in handcuffs. Police said they were on a no-pedestrian portion of the structure and were taken to their relief vehicle, a camper.
They hit the pavement at 6:30 p.m. on May 21, Zac said. “We just started running.”
“It was a crazy first day,” he said, adding they ended up running 22 miles.
Their tale began earlier in 2020, when Max, who was working for Penn National Gaming in Austintown, decided to visit Zac in Las Vegas, who worked at MGM.